`1` LSU is probably better than Bama this year based on what I've seen. LSU has a much harder path than Bama. The SEC is down this year yet, save for USCe, they play every SEC team that is decent. At Georgia, At Ole Miss, At Bama, Florida and then A&M. There is most surely a loss somewhere in there. Now look at what Bama has left in SEC: Ole Miss at home, at Miss St, at Kentucky, LSU at home, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Auburn. Their only potential loss in there is LSU and maaaaaybe Ole Miss, but both of those are home games. Bama is not what they have been the past few years, I think that much is certain.